RSA’s display at the Annual NRA Meeting in Houston
was put on by RSA VP George McAllister and J.D. Hofer.
Pictured here are (from left) Myra McAllister, George McAllister, J.D. Hofer, RSA Director
Dan Pozarek and J.D.’s son, J.D. Hofer Jr.
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Report from RSA Vice President George McAllister
| Here’s more detail on the NRA show in Houston and my take on the whole weekend. More than 75,000 NRA members and their families attended this annual event, and many of them came over to the Gun Collector’s Exhibit area where our RSA booth was. This year’s RSA display was composed of antique arms from the collections of J.D. Hofer and me. J.D. displayed E. Remington & Sons revolvers that had been converted form percussion to cartridge. George displayed martially marked, Civil War, Remington revolvers and carbines. My display contained at least one example of every model of Remington revolver and carbine that was supplied to the Union Army and Navy for the Civil War. As such, guns in the display were inspected, marked, shipped and issued to troops for the war effort. Three of the guns had been issued to known soldiers and paper work was provided to support that provenance. The cased Remington New Model Army revolver in my display was one of the few and rare survivors of special guns presented to a Union state governors by E. Remington & Sons in an effort to influence sales for state militias. |
Various Remington revolver accouterments, pictures and relics were also displayed.I had tremendous support from my wife Myra, RSA Director Dan Pozarek, JD Hofer and his son JD Jr. Myra had my back from day one, and deserves a ton of credit for our success. Dan took control of the RSA table, designed the layout, and provided the setup. Dan’s involvement was a major relief for me and J.D., and I thoroughly enjoyed having him as a part of the team. JD had a wonderful display of E. Remington & |
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| Our RSA display/booth was great both visually and in content. I don’t feel like we took a back seat to anyone. The RSA booth was full of visitors for three solid days. Most encouraging was the number of young people, teenagers and kids who came through. They showed interest and asked a ton of great questions. Most seemed amazed at the old Remington guns. We heard a million stories from folks about old/new guns they have or had, and we tried to answer about that many Remington questions. The staff and management at the George Brown |
The folks from GEC who managed the whole show for the NRA were exceptionally professional. They answered every question we had before and during the show. They checked on us throughout the show to see that everything was in order. They made everything seamless and painless.All said, I don’t know how we could have done much better. J.D. and I appreciate being given the opportunity to represent the RSA, and we appreciate all of the great support I received from Remington Society officers and directors. George McAllister |
Both sides of George’s display of Remington Civil War era firearms.
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